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Oakbrook, Kentucky.

A community in Boone County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Boone County’s.

Living in Oakbrook, Boone County, Kentucky

Oakbrook, in Boone County, had 9,268 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $94,652 a year and half less, against $99,414 across Boone County; 2% of its people live below the poverty line. 87% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 13% are rented. Unemployment in Boone County was 3.6% in August 2026, and the county had 2.5% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then shops.

People 9,268 in the 2020 census; median age 43.4
Household income $94,652 the median, give or take $8,670 · Boone County: $99,414
Unemployment 3.6% Boone County, August 2026; 3.8% a year before
Homes 87% lived in by their owners; 13% rented
  • 4,197households
  • 36%of adults have a degree
  • 2%below the poverty line
  • 27 mintypical commute
  • 14%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care19%
  • Shops (retail)16%
  • Professional and business services13%
  • Manufacturing12%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment8%
  • Transport, warehouses and utilities7%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Boone County had 105,521 jobs in 2025, 2.5% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 40° and 23°; warmest in July, 86° and 66° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 40° 23° F M A M J J 86° 66° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 40° and 23°; warmest in July, 86° and 66° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 40° 23° F M A M J J 86° 66° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 40° and lows near 23°; warmest in July, with highs near 86° and lows near 66°. About 23 inches of snow and 45 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Cincinnati Northern Ky Airport weather station, 3 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Boone County

  1. Boone County SchoolsSchool district2,935FTE
  2. AmazonGeneral warehousing and storage2,230
  3. FedExCourier and express delivery services1,414
  4. AmazonCouriers and express delivery services1,158
  5. AmazonCouriers and express delivery services936
  6. UPSCouriers and express delivery services916
  7. Delta Air Lines - CVGScheduled air transportation879
  8. St. Elizabeth FlorenceGeneral hospital784FTE

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 284 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 42,719 people in all across the county; Oakbrook has one of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. Strong windVery high
  2. TornadoesVery high
  3. Cold wavesRelatively high
  4. LightningRelatively high
  5. Inland floodingRelatively high
  6. Winter weatherRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Oakbrook’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Boone County.